Get Booked

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May 20, 2021 The Taxonomy of Mythological Creatures Is Really Up For Debate Here
Amanda and Jenn discuss non-human narrators, stories about ladies doing it for themselves, books set in Japan, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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44min
May 17, 2021 The Handsell: May 17, 2021
This week, Amanda discusses Luster by Raven Leilani.
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9min
May 13, 2021 I Don’t Know Your Life
Amanda and Jenn discuss talking cats, dog books for toddlers, defeating internalized racism and sexism, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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Moloka‘i by Alan Brennert (rec’d by Lauren)
The Moon–Spinners by Mary Stewart (rec’d by Kelly)
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes and Ariadne by Jennifer Saint (rec’d by Hannah)
Books Discussed
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina comics by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack
The Song of the Lioness Quartet (Alanna: The First Adventure #1) by Tamora Pierce
If We Were Villains by ML Rio (tw: domestic violence)
The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma (tw: death by suicide, lots of body-shaming)
Snowed In by Rachel Hawthorne
Once Upon A River by Bonnie Jo Campbell (tw: violence against women and children including rape, graphic violence, drug abuse)
Mia Mayhem series (#1 Mia Mayhem is a Superhero) by Kara West and Leeza Hernandez
Chronicles of Claudette (Giants, Beware! #1) by Jorge Aguirre and Rafael Rosado et al
Stormy by Guojing
Zorro and Mister Bud (Say Hello to Zorro!) by Carter Goodrich
Better Off Red by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall
For the Love of Men by Liz Plank
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
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41min
May 13, 2021 I Don’t Know Your Life
Amanda and Jenn discuss talking cats, dog books for toddlers, defeating internalized racism and sexism, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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36min
May 10, 2021 The Handsell: May 10, 2021
This week on the Handsell, Jenn recommends Beneath the Rising by Premee Mohamed.
Content warnings: harm to children incl. child death, racism, body horror
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Other Books Mentioned:
Alexis Hall (Affair of the Mysterious Letter)
Ada Hoffmann (The Outside)
Victor LaValle (Ballad of Black Tom)
NK Jemisin (City We Became)
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11min
May 06, 2021 She Lives By Herself, She Wears Pants
Amanda and Jenn discuss non-boring literary fiction, books set in Jamaica, unreliable narrators, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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Old Man’s War by John Scalzi (rec’d by Ericka)
Books Discussed
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
Wild Rain by Beverly Jenkins
Earthsinger Chronicles by L. Penelope (#1 Song of Blood and Stone)
Sacred Hunt (Hunter’s Oath) & Sun Sword series by Michelle West (rec’d by Liberty)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson (cw: death by suicide, addiction, child neglect, racism and racial violence against Native peoples)
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn (tw homophobia)
Augustown by Kei Miller (cw via StoryGraph: polite brutality, racial violence)
Summer and Bird by Katherine Catmull
The Fairyland series (Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland) by Cat Valente (cw: mention of child abuse)
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar
Atonement by Ian McEwan
Trust Exercise by Susan Choi (rec’d by Jess)
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53min
May 06, 2021 She Lives By Herself, She Wears Pants
Amanda and Jenn discuss non-boring literary fiction, books set in Jamaica, unreliable narrators, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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48min
May 03, 2021 The Handsell: May 3, 2021
This week on the Handsell, Amanda recommends Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala.
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8min
April 29, 2021 Please Don't Eat That Lizard
Amanda and Jenn discuss mythology retellings, shifter romance, books about Greece and Hawaii, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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This Close to Okay by Leesa Cross-Smith (rec’d by Brooke)
Mad and Bad: Real Heroines of the Regency by Bea Koch (rec’d by Sophie)
The Switch by Beth O’Leary and The City We Became by NK Jemisin (rec’d by Cari)
Books Discussed
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
The Wolf of Oren-Yaro by K.S. Villoso
The Poppy War by RF Kuang (with ALL the trigger warnings)
The Seafarer’s Kiss by Julia Ember
Burning Roses by S.L. Huang
Bears Behaving Badly by MaryJanice Davidson
Mating The Huntress by Talia Hibbert
The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett by Annie Lyons
The Children’s Book by A.S. Byatt
My Family and other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Eurydice Street by Sofka Zinovieff
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (tw: harm to children, sexual assault, racism)
Love in Color by Bolu Babalola
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50min
April 29, 2021 Please Don't Eat That Lizard
Amanda and Jenn discuss mythology retellings, shifter romance, books about Greece and Hawaii, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.
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45min

FAQs about Get Booked:

How many episodes does Get Booked have?

The podcast currently has 633 episodes available.